Metaphysics, Volume 10

Insights from international philosophers on a range of societal issues

Metaphysics is Volume 10 of the Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume, presenting the major papers delivered at the 1999 SOFIA conference in Mazatl?n, Mexico. Twenty works from both prominent and rising authors examine important issues including sexuality and consent, rights and scarcity, democracy and individualism, and law and punishment. Collectively, these works provide an investigative look at modern society from various global perspectives, provoking deeper thought and consideration of major issues of the day.

James Tomberlin is the author of Metaphysics, Volume 10, published by Wiley.

Part I: The Ninth Philosophical Perspectives Lecture:

1. Thinking about Things: Michael Jubien.

Part II: Externalism, Naturalism, Nominalism, and Mathematics:

2. The Case for Phenomenal Externalism: Willaim G. Lycan.

3. Naturalism: Friends and Foes: Penelope Maddy.

4. Nominalism, Naturalism, Epistemic Relativism: Gideon Rosen.

5. The Limits of Human Mathematics: Nathan Salmon.

Part III: Ontology:

6. Touching: Hud Hudson.

7. How to Be an Eleatic Monist: Michael C. Rea.

8. Against Creationism in Fiction: Takashi Yagisawa.

Part IV: Personal Identity:

9. Realism About Personal Identity Over Time: Trenton Merricks.

10. Criteria of Personal Identity and the Limits of Conceptual Analysis: Theodore Sider.

Part V: Time and Tense:

11. Metaphysical Austerity and the Problems of Temporal and Modal Anaphora: Peter Ludlow.

12. McTaggart on Time: Judith Jarvis Thomson.

Part VI: The Metaphysics of Reference:

13. Russellianism and Explanation: David Braun.

14. Day Designations: Jeffrey C. King.

15. Fregean Senses, Modes of Presentation, and Concepts: Edward N. Zalta.

Part VII: The Metaphysics of Properties:

16. Causal Structuralism: John HawtHorne.

Part VIII: Conceivability, the Physical, and Theoretical Identity:

17. On Theoretical Identifications: G. W. Fitch.

18. The Conceivability Argument and Two Conceptions of the Physical: Daniel Stoljar.

Part IX: Actualism: an Exchange:

19. Sustaining Actualism: Michael Devitt.

20. How Not to Be an Actualist: James E. Tomberline.

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